5/6 Perspective Inquiry Reflection.

The 5/6 class have been using thinking routines to support deeper thinking and meta-cognition. One of our favourite routines for the end of an Inquiry is the 4Cs. The 4Cs help us make connections with our learning, reflect on the challenges, clarify our key concepts, and consider changes we might make because of our learning. Here is some of our 4C thinking about perspectives:

Connections

“When I have arguments, it gives me experience in understanding different perspectives”

“When I have arguments about something at home or at school, it’s because we have different perspectives”

“I’ve earned that with perspectives, everybody has different opinions about who and what they like and that is ok”

Challenges

“It was really challenging for me to try and do perspectives that weren’t mine, because some of them had changed my own opinion and perspective about the topic” (Jheri)

“I found it challenging to understand why people would think something like that because their perspective was different”

“It was hard because different perspectives change my mind”

“Something that challenged me was trying to understand perspectives that didn’t really make sense or something I didn’t agree with”

Concepts

“Perspectives are important for hope and justice”

“Perspectives influence things people do”

“Perspectives can change over time”

“There are many different perspectives in the world. Different perspectives make the world the way it is.”

“Perspectives influence your beliefs and can influence other people”

“Perspectives influence our language and interactions like in our democracy, decision making and communication”

“Perspectives can help us solve problems by looking at it from different angles”

“Perspectives are crucial for a democracy to work well”

Changes

“I will see things from other people’s perspectives”

“I think from now on, I will notice when someone else’s perspective is different to mine”

“I will hop into other people’s shoes and see what it feels like”

“If I was in parliament, I would look and listen at every perspective”

“Respect everyone else’s perspectives”

“A change for me might be seeing different things in a different way. As a society, we could listen to others’ ideas and take on what they say”